Chapter 294： Price

Mu Yangling went directly to the herdsman who sold her sheep last time, only Xiuhong was by her side.

Mu Yangling did not bring Zhang Wu, but chose to bring Xiuhong because she felt that it was difficult for women to live in this era. She hoped that Xiuhong could understand more, and only she had the ability to be her own master. .

The more places she goes and the more she sees, the wider her horizons will be.

The two entered Hanzhong Mansion. Because it was getting late, they found an inn to stay and went to the village early the next morning to find the herdsman.

The village of Hanzhong Mansion is even more dilapidated than Xingzhou Mansion, and it looks more and more desolate against the backdrop of the white snow. Xiuhong was very touched, "Cousin, didn't you say that Hanzhong Mansion is more prosperous than our Xingzhou Mansion? Look at the city, it is enough It’s twice as big as our city in Xingzhou Prefecture, how come the village is so dilapidated? It wasn’t like this when we came last time?”

"That's what you haven't seen in the Hanzhong Palace City that you just recovered. It's deserted and quiet inside, and few people are walking around, so what's the use? The border area is blocked by Da Zhou and Jin Guo, and the city will not be prosperous. , Now Hanzhong Mansion is prosperous when there are merchants, but there are no merchants in these villages.”

Mu Yangling explained: "The house here was a little broken when we came last time, but it can still be seen. Those collapsed ones should have been crushed by the snow. From this, it can be seen that the people of Hanzhong House ruled in the Jin Kingdom before. It's not easy going down."

"Will the sheep freeze to death?" Xiuhong asked worriedly.

"It shouldn't be. These few snowfalls are not big, and compared with previous years, I am not worried about cattle and sheep. I am worried about people." Mu Yangling sighed: "They have been there for three or four years. We stopped growing grain, we used to sell sheep to buy grain, but now Jin Guo has withdrawn, almost every family in Hanzhong has sheep, and without Jin Guo’s sales, they can only starve.”

Although meat can replenish physical strength, how much meat can you eat in total?

That's why Mu Yangling didn't bother to buy sheep directly from the local landlord, but ran away from the village to pay for each family. She hoped that she could help ordinary people as much as she could.

The local landlords were also ordered to raise sheep, but their requirements were relaxed a lot, and at least part of the land was left for farming, enough for themselves and their families, and they raised a lot of sheep, which Mu Yangling wanted. Not many, every time you just need to find a landlord to buy enough sheep, and now the supply exceeds demand, the price is easy to negotiate.

But although the landowners were in trouble, they were not at the point of life and death, and these people could not be sold because they were afraid they would starve to death.

Mu Yangling was wondering whether to propose to Qi Haoran to let the official take the lead and sell these sheep to the south and east.

But thinking that generals cannot interfere in local government affairs, Mu Yangling can only suppress this idea.

The two found the village. Last time, the herdsman was wearing a cotton-padded coat with patches to sweep the snow. He was stunned for a moment when he saw Mu Yangling, and then he was overjoyed. He dropped the broom and ran over, "Miss Mu, why are you here? "

Mu Yangling smiled and said, "I'm here to talk business with you guys, how about it, are you sad in winter?"

"It's alright, I can survive. Speaking of which, thanks to the girl who collected our sheep, the family has money to buy grain. Otherwise, we would have to go up the mountain to peel the bark like other villages."

Mu Yangling smiled stiffly and asked, "Bark? Have you eaten bark now?"

"Isn't there still sheep?" Xiuhong asked with wide eyes.

The herdsman smiled bitterly: "Although the sheep can't be sold now, who can afford it? I'm thinking of waiting to see if they can sell it after the spring. It will take seven months before the first crop can be harvested. You can’t go up the mountain to dig grass roots for seven or eight months, right? Unless the children in the family really can’t survive, only a few families will slaughter a sheep together, and next time it will be the next family’s turn to produce sheep, so that each family should produce a sheep. It can last until spring.”

Xiuhong felt uncomfortable for a while. She also lived a hard life. When she cried, she was taken by her grandmother up the mountain to peel the bark to eat, but these days would not last long. She cooked porridge with bran rice for her and her sister, and after arriving at Mu's house, she was never hungry.

Seeing that the sisters were silent, the herdsmen hurriedly opened up the topic with a smile and asked, "Does the girl still want to buy sheep?"

Mu Yangling nodded, "You are familiar with these places, so I want to ask you to take me to a few nearby villages."

"Miss Mu, we also have sheep in our village."

Mu Yangling knew that he was talking about what she chose last time, so Mu Yangling smiled and said, "I know, but I only choose the ones that are big enough and energetic enough, if they don't meet my requirements, I won't want them. , I'm in a hurry, go and ask someone to lead the sheep out."

The herdsmen responded happily and ran to beat the gongs and drums.

Because Mu Yangling wanted to give the places to those families who were more difficult, there were not many sheep selected in this village. After all, she just made a deal with them not long ago, and they made enough money to live next year. autumn.

But Mu Yangling still chose twelve good sheep, and said to the herdsmen: "The purchase price for you is two taels of silver a piece, no matter how big or small."

The villagers thought that the price had gone up after only half a month. You must know that the sheep in Hanzhong mansion has dropped to 121 yuan a piece, almost no money is made, and no one buys it at a loss.

On the other hand, the herdsman who received Mu Yangling vaguely guessed that Mu Yangling was pity on their situation.

When Mu Yangling turned to touch the sheep, he whispered his guess to them, and in order to enhance his credibility, he added: "You didn't see her cousin looking at her in surprise just now? This is The temporary price increase is not the price they negotiated before. Don't be rude and make her angry. She doesn't want it. Turn around and go to another village. Someone brought her to the door."

Everyone thinks about it, and they are very respectful to Mu Yangling.

Xiuhong is also talking about this, "Didn't you say that you will pay at the price last time?"

Mu Yangling smiled bitterly, "Don't you see how hard their life is? I feel a little uneasy about earning their money. I'd better give it two taels. In previous years, the sheep they sold was the same price."

"What's the price for Uncle Qin and the others?"

"Two or five dollars," Mu Yangling said, "It takes five days to travel from Hanzhong Mansion to Xingyuan Mansion, three of which have to be slept outside. This kind of weather can kill one's life, plus the road Risk, can't just let them make some hard money? If there is no high profit, they are not willing to suffer this."

Mu Yangling also has a certain estimate of the mutton market in Xingyuan Mansion. They buy from her in two or five and sell it in Xingyuan Mansion in four or two. Each can only earn two or two, which is a large amount. It's very objective.

Xiuhong understood as soon as her brain moved, "Cousin wants to do long-term business?"

Mu Yangling nodded, "I said that I want to build a cattle farm. There is no suitable place in Xingzhou Prefecture, but there is one in Hanzhong Prefecture. In this way, they and I are half fellow villagers, even if it is to do something good for the villagers. Bar."

Xiuhong pursed her lips and smiled, "You just do it, why are you looking for such a reason? Anyway, I'll follow whatever you do."

Mu Yangling tapped her forehead and laughed in a low voice: "Then you go to auntie's place. It's almost New Year's Eve and you're still running outside, auntie will definitely be unhappy."

Xiuhong pouted, "I knew there was nothing wrong with me."